Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Pulissery is a sweet and sour yogurt based Kerala preparation that is regularly made at home. It has been one of my favorites since childhood. It can be made using a couple of different fruits. My mother makes the best pulissery ever, and she does it usually with ripe mangoes or pineapple. She does make it with plantains too, though I do not care much for that version.

This is how I make pineapple pulissery…Ingredients:1 20oz can of pineapple chunks, drained (Fresh would definitely be better and sweeter)½ tsp turmeric powder5-6 curry leaves

Salt1 ½ cups yogurt, whipped nicely (Ideally, sour curd should be used. I used some yogurt that I had bought at the Indian store, but it still wasn’t sour enough.)

I love pulissery. Its late in the night IST, going to wind up, but i have hunger pangs after seeing this. I have never had pineapple pulisseri. I will surely try this.Thanks for sharing. My mouth is truely watering.Archanahttp://www.archanaskitchen.com/

Lovely!!!! I am confused in the names , kootu, pulliseri- dunno which belongs to TN / AP and which to kerala!!! I have a SouthIndian cook book, but no mention of regions!!! I have a can of pineapple, will try this!!!

Laavanya, thanks:-). H doesn't like this a lot 'cos he is not too crazy about anything sweet in general. But I love this and end up making this a lot so he is forced to eat it!;-)

Asha- thanks. I love what u have made for JFI...a small feast:-)

Jyothsna, Jayashree, HC- thank you, ladies:-)

Archana- you are welcome! Do let me know how you like it:-)

Padmaja- yes, it is!;-)

Rajitha- you liked the 2nd pic more? :-(...I thought no.1 was better... You have to tell me how it turns out and how u liked it. I know you will be honest about the feedback... that's what I like about ya;-)

Namratha-thanks dear:-)

Vimmi- thank you:-)

Mansi-It tastes even better than it looks and it IS sweet. The red chillies and cumin ground with the coconut lend a great flavor to the dish. This is a very common dish from my part of the world....

Mallurecipes- thanks for the compliment, that is rather nice of u to say that.:-)

Manasi- thanks girl!:-)There is a lot of overlapping where cuisine is concerned, among the different southern states. I get confused too:-)If you do try it, give me some feedback, o.k.?

Rina, Musical, Shankari, Sagari, Richa- thanks, girls. :-)

Rachel- Same here... I too am not fond of the version using plantain:-)

Red chillies-thanks:-)

MT- Happy 2008 to u too!:-)I love the mango version too.

Padma- thanks1

Bharathy- awww, u r sweet! calling me "tEc";-)

Seena, you must be making this often too, right?:-)

Seema- thank you so much.Yeah, blogging has taken cooking to a whole new level now.:-)

Grihini- It is a great combination indeed. If you like sweet tasting dishes, this one's for ya!Thanks for the compliment:-)

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Priya- thanks for stopping by.Thanks for the kind words too...and go right ahead and add me:-)

Aparna- thanks. I think I like the mango version more than this one.Pulissery is supposed to be having some " puli" to it...hence the need for sour yogurt in the preparaton.BTW, where exactly in Kakkanad are u?

Raks- thanks:)

Lakshmi- I know they will not go well with rotis:-(. It is a curry for rice... but let me know how it turns out. How did u like Giada's truffles?

Sra- Can I tell u how much work the first pic was?! At one point I was in serious danger of falling into my pulissery:-(And u like the 2nd pic more...bah!.. just like Rajitha!

TBC, I do empathise with how you feel! Sometimes we slave over a particular piece of work and it makes no impact, while something which just flowed or came naturally or which we didn't pay much attention to strikes a chord, oh, I know how it can be! :)

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